The Dillon tribune., 1887-11-11
scI.y,I.s II NORM Az
-o - TIE MOST NORTHERN
A P5=r roRT IN TIE WORLD.

!, the Public sei'""'s o' |'''<'''
''' :, aud Entertaining i'Ner''ses'
Pleas .,,c.orics for Rendering
,,,,,',',.. into Oh.
the most casterlN town IL -'or-
NaGuo ..f on an island oi 1Ilc same
way. i"'', ~. \rctic ocean. III latlt'luc ~
name h" ~ - ,rin,1;ns So seconds nHrih. Ii
degrees '.,.I IRON, tie mainland hya cl"n-
IS sep' 40 vide and contains 4 rOpd-
mel Nv ,,,,,,t 1000. 1t claims the most
lat'oh la,u,, -, forl in all the world, which Is
nof'iie,1 TX sixteen men ami mas an
-art's,,t If about an equal nHluoer cl
ar,ll.''.iI toned cannon, making !. man 1o'
Oh u.s. The keystone of all arch over
eacl s"n, ,,.,c, to the rampant bears the date
the entrance ~
"l,31. .,,, ,,,,,;c sc,,nuls in the
1"l ,l I naturally having Il curiosity
ph.e:; '.;.t ), seat of learning Ndlosc 1otll'ttt-
TO VIZ. ',.r, lashed by the Arctic wave,
'un, ',.1 thc larger of the two W rear
th's' f,r there was no entrance from the
dooi, Nor nj either end. l WAS kindly
s1f.', uoIitcl, s;,lutel by the teacher, and
an" Ir',n,;nr the main room the pupils
on Vn,.o IN !, body and bowed to me. A
Mo., .. ras Given Inc and 81 book was placed
se.. ~, hand that might follow the boys
~ Girls through their reading lesson,
" ."h;ch was characterized. in some meas
.'.n " hy tho, ,!olcfu cnunciatinn 80 often
,asrj ~. n rural schools. The girls wore
~" ~ inryi,.hlc handkerchief about their
suois ! bit Of 1.-the cane in Il corner
rsnrrscntcl the pcdagogic mace. The
.ep .op,ns q, this day. the Stl Of .Jnly,
,rerc heated by coal stoves. The school
.ontuiuul four departments. under q
male principal, and three assistant female
teachers. all Intelligent and wide awake.
From the principals room | passed to
an adjoining one in charge OF II bright
and neatly attired young lady. who re-
ouireol her pupils to sing for me, and
stroyc with graceful tact to make the excr-
c;ses plcas;nt and Ineligible to one
totally ignorant of the language. II was
alnos, pitful to see some OF the girls
earessing small bunchcs Of pvny tlande-
lion blossoms that seemed us precious to
them as Il victoria reii;, would be to {,
southern maid. Others We're nursing /,
few sprays of millefolium in bottles OF
water. and one couf,l only wonder that 80
stnnted and sparse II flora could lM,get any
love for flowers y, all and yet geraniums
and roses in the windows Of the better
houses are no. uncommon. Excepting G
small and unimpOrtant one at Hammer
fest. this is the most northern school il
the world, and after n pleasant hour there
in departed.
The remainder of the day concluded
TO spent, in visiting the whale ''fabriks;'
that is. the establishments for rendering
whale blubbcr into oil and Transforming
the krang Qicnscd carcasses) into artilicia
guano. have had occasion already t,
mention several Of the most northern
things in the world; here discovered tn
most powerful stencil in all Europe, ant
probably in the world, and yet felt will
ing to brave it to witness II dissection .
leyiathans There are around Vartlo iou
or five establishments, each having severa
steam whalers constantly securing tn
seas off the coast in pursuit Of whales
Floating in the channel before the dill
ferent factories were forty flcnsed cal
casscs, some swollen to enormous prOpOl
tons. Two large whales, one scventy-tlv
feet in length, We're drawn out Oh tn
shore, one with the blubbcr newly IT
moved. the other fresh from tn
water Several men mounted the latte
by ladder and clambered about Q
its smooth, slippery skin by means I
sharp spikes attached to the sOles Of the
boots; with blubber knives two feet
length ir long wooden handles. they mac
transverse incisions as deep as the h!ubb'
about twelve inches i'll this c:Isc--;ll
five or six feet long and then runri'
the cut longitudinal!y for thirty feet,
blanket Of fat was ready for removal;
chain WAS attached to the farther end. al
by the power OF II Wint!lAss il the facto1
this pro.li. .sioilS slab OF hlul',cr, weight;
several tons. was slowly torn froi!l Il
carcass. This proc"@;; was continued t
the i'ensfss was completed. In III" fax
ory tht nlnhh~r ii c1.t into S!NAI picc
1or th> 'tryi2ls nlit'' prts. The flesh
the itol!,2si carcass i; then cu1 '|ovn in
MrG2 pieces THAI re dragged :,'lN r!tch
with j.r-iI ,toi<; to slna:l sora: il = III
taken la a"l in, furnaces, Wi!vrt il
rendered. tr-hl,. N,'I1cH the flesh Il
Vlsco";s h3tr nv>G removed. Tie Wort,
ehopp!n4, down The tIinty forest oi bol
Is comhts seed: he bones ;rv rlso III
]cc,ed t. the drying furnace. a,!'t VII
Nieteet 1lc ;sruytn,i together Win /
Hesh INTO Il l'oWGrr, which is Ij;..r.!eti {;
shlpl'r'. 10 all parts q l.uropr = y +
ull|er.--,janl~& Iiicnllo'l in OUTING.
How CONSUMPTION, III Commensurate. e.i
Ir"t,>scr Ruhlc, OF Bonn. in I "r&',
paper % consumption OF the lli!i,-~. ia
tliist III ms opinion the most f1r'illvilt III: